For almost 40 years, Baldwin  was America’s best-known military affairs writer and analyst whose primary forum was the New York Times. A naval academy graduate (1924) he joined the Times in October 1929. During his career he had memorable news scoops including his report on the loss of four allied cruisers at the Battle of Savo Island (1942), the real story behind the 1960 U-2 spy plane incident, and the clustering of Soviet ICBM missile sites in 1962. He wrote that the war in Vietnam was mismanaged by Robert S. McNamara, the Secretary of Defense, and and he accused President Johnson of refusing to tell the American public what it would take to win that unpopular war. Baldwin retired in 1968 and lived until 1991.

Davies taught in the history department at MSUM for 32 years. He retired in 1998 and now lives in Bow, N.H.

“Robert Davies has written a thoughtful, sensitive, and readable account of a journalistic giant. As the military correspondent of the New York Times during World War II and during the height of the Cold War, Hanson Baldwin explained American power at its peak. He was in some ways a rigid Victorian but also a humanist, and he held himself to a high standard that makes one nostalgic for the newspapering of an earlier age.”

—EVAN THOMAS, author of The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898

BnBaldwin of the Times

A drive-in restaurant in Grand Forks, North Dakota has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places is the federal government’s list of properties it considers worthy of preservation and recognition.

The Kegs Drive-In is made up of two barrel-shaped wooded structures, with a rectangular middle building that serves as the front counter for the drive-in restaurant. Originally built in 1935, each was an individual two story Barrel Root Beer Stand built by William Harry Muzzy. These barrels were built in an eclectic style of roadside buildings that fits within a category called “programmatic architecture.” By 1946, both barrels were moved to this location and became known as The Kegs Drive-In.  The Kegs has been serving frosty mugs of root beer and making the best burgers in Grand Forks for over 75 years. The State Historical Society of North Dakota announced the listing of the KEGS root beer stand this week.

The Yale-Edinburgh Group on the History of the Missionary Movement and World Christianity is an informal group of scholars formed to facilitate discussion and exchange of information about historical aspects of the missionary movement and the development of world Christianity, with special emphasis on sources for documentation. It is a forum where viewpoints from the fields of political, social, diplomatic, and religious history can converge to reassess the significance of the missionary movement and its worldwide effects.

Taylor will teach American history to Norwegian college students at the University of Agder in Kristiansand. He speaks fluent Norwegian (most Fulbright scholars do not speak the language of the host country, Taylor says), and lived in Norway for three years while attending the University of Oslo.

“I want to return to Norway to experience its education system from the other side as an educator,” he says. “I also want to share my expertise in American history and learn from students and faculty in the Norwegian university system.”

Taylor intends to use teaching techniques he’s developed during his teaching career that he believes foster critical thinking. These techniques involve the use of historical simulations, films, historical novels, and other nontraditional materials. “This approach will allow Norwegian students to examine and explore the United States in new ways,” he explains.

Taylor will also use the time in Norway to research medicine, health, and healthcare among Norwegian immigrants to the United States.

The Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. It is the U.S. government’s flagship academic exchange effort, administered by the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars on behalf of the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Founded in 1947, CIES is a private organization. It is a division of the Institute of International Education (IIE).

For more information about Taylor’s work and his Fulbright award, contact him at (218) 477-2814 or sean.taylor@mnstate.edu.

History Day is a co-curricular program that encourages young people to explore an historical subject related to an annual theme, which this year is “Innovation in History: Impact and Change.”  Students make history come alive as their research leads to imaginative exhibits, original performances, media presentations and papers in junior and senior divisions in seven categories.

MSU Moorhead expects 150 students from schools in Fergus Falls, Hawley, Moorhead, Menahga, New York Mills, Lake Park, Wheaton, and Perham to participate in the West Central Regional History Day.
The program’s goal is to promote the study of history by engaging students and teachers in the excitement of historical inquiry and creative presentation.

Students in grades 6 through 12 participate in regional History Day fairs, where historians, educators and professionals in related fields evaluate their work. Students may advance to the statewide contest held May 1 at the University of Minnesota. Top entries in each category in the Minnesota History Day are eligible to participate in the National History Day contest in June in Washington, D.C.

Last year, more than 25,000 Minnesota students participated in History Day, while more than 700,000 students participated nationwide.

For more information on this regional event contact Fran Zimmerman, 218-477-2812, zimmf@mnstate.edu or Peter Quinn at quinnpe@mnstate.edu. For further information on National History Day, visit www.nationalhistoryday.org.

Join Professor Annette Morrow, Department of History at MSUM as she leads a Spring Study Tour to the European Continent. The group leaves Monday, April 18, and returns Thursday, May 12. Participants will visit Paris, France; Florence, Rome, Ravenna, and Venice in Italy; Prague, Czech Republic; Rothenburg, Germany; and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The trip includes group tours, museum visits and time for individual exploration in each city.

Community members may apply through Admissions as non-degree seeking students.  Once admitted, community members can register for the one-credit course and select “audit” as the grading type. Former MSUM students must contact Ivy Thompson in the Records Office to be readmitted.

The application deadline is December 7. Space remains for seven people and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, contact Janet Haak, Director of Study Abroad, at 218-477-2996, or haak@mnstate.edu.

Branstiter’s work about confederate diplomacy and the Palmerston government of Great Britain was extremely well received, according to Paul Harris, History. “We can be very proud of all three of the department’s students who presented—Allan, Spencer McGrew and Joel Drevlow,” Harris said. The three History students participated in a session on British Military History chaired by MSUM professor Margaret Sankey.

The University of North Dakota hosted the 45th annual regional history conference. The conference hosts scholars working in a variety of fields, including those interested in European, Asian, African, Canadian, and American history. The Society for Military History also met at the conference.

The $200 prize won by Branstiter was co-sponsored by the Cantigny First Division Museum in Wheaton, Ill.

Professor Hoffbeck is a member of the Speakers Bureau of the Legacy Project, which provides presentations about Minnesota’s history at various regional libraries. He started delivering these kinds of programs in the summer of 2010. The Legacy Project in Minnesota presents “an array of arts, cultural, literary, and Minnesota history programs in collaboration with arts and cultural organizations, independent artists, historical societies, and community organizations.

Programs are funded in part with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.  In November 2008, Minnesota voters approved a constitutional amendment to dedicate funds for Minnesota’s Outdoor Heritage, Clean Water, Parks and Trails, and Arts and Cultural Heritage.  Under the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACHF) Minnesota’s 300+ public libraries receive funding distributed through existing formulas to the 12 Minnesota Regional Library Systems to provide programs and services in four areas: arts (visual, performing and media), culture, literary and Minnesota history. The law states that these funds are intended “for regional programs and working with arts and cultural partners.” The program receives $1,362,900 per fiscal year (FY1 July 2009-June 2010 and FY2 July 2010-June 2011).”

That program is MSUM’s Eurospring, which has been taking Dragons overseas for over 30 years. Students depart in March, and first spend five weeks in Oxford, England, studying at Wycliffe Hall. Then, they embark on a three-week tour of the European continent with visits to several major cities. This year’s itinerary includes Paris, Florence, Rome, Ravenna, Venice, Prague, Rothenburg, and Amsterdam. Many former participants feel that this is a fantastic opportunity to combine the living abroad experience with plenty of travel.

This year’s leader is Dr. Annette Morrow, History. Information sessions will be held at 9 PM on Tuesday, September 21 in CMU 208; at noon on Wednesday, September 22 in CMU 208; and at 4:30 PM on Wednesday, September 22 in CMU 207.

Students also get the opportunity to travel to a destination of their choosing over spring break while staying at Oxford. Previous students’ spring break travels have included snowboarding in the Alps, scuba diving in southern Spain, and travelling to various locations in Ireland.

Students earn 12 credits through their Eurospring experience. 6 credits are earned through coursework under the direction of Oxford Professor Allan Chapman and his colleagues at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford.  Students can choose from a variety of classes addressing the year’s chronological theme, “The Medieval Age.” 6 credits are earned as two MSUM Dragon Core classes: one in the humanities (area 6) and one in the social sciences (area 5).  Students also earn one writing-intensive designation.

For detailed information visit www.mnstate.edu/studyabroad and click on the “Eurospring” link. You can also stop up to visit the Office of Study Abroad in Bridges 250 for a brochure and more information. The application deadline is October 29. Space is limited to 25 students, so applications should be turned in soon.

September 23

Denise Gorsline

Dean of the MSUM University College

“Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, and Jersey Shore; What in the World do these have to

do with Your Future?”

7:30 p.m.

CB 109

Oct 4, 2010

Dr. Lynda L. Coon

Associate Professor of History

University of Arkansas

“Hrabanus Maurus:  A Carolingian Foursquare Man of Scripture”

7:30 p.m.

CB 109

Oct 21, 2010

Dr. Wendy Heller

Professor of Musicology

Princeton University

“Taming the Epic Hero:  Jason and Medea in Seventeenth-Century Venice”

7:30 p.m.

CB 111

Nov 17, 2010

Dr. Oscar Flores

Professor of Economics

MSUM

“Of Zs and Barbies, Drugs and Lords: An Assessment of the War on Drugs”

7:30 p.m.

CB 109

That program is MSUM’s Eurospring, which has been taking Dragons overseas for over 30 years. Students depart in March, and first spend five weeks in Oxford, England, studying at Wycliffe Hall. Then, they embark on a three-week tour of the European continent with visits to several major cities. This year’s itinerary includes Paris, Florence, Rome, Ravenna, Venice, Prague, Rothenburg, and Amsterdam.

Students earn 12 credits through their Eurospring experience. Six credits are earned through coursework under the direction of Oxford Professor Allan Chapman and his colleagues at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. Students can choose from a variety of classes addressing the year’s chronological theme, “The Medieval Age.”  Six credits are earned as two MSUM Dragon Core classes: one in the humanities (area 6) and one in the social sciences (area 5).

This year’s leader is Dr. Annette Morrow, History. For detailed information visit www.mnstate.edu/studyabroad and click on the “Eurospring” link. You can also stop up to visit the Office of Study Abroad in Bridges 250 for a brochure and more information.  The application deadline is October 29.

In his other life Morse is a computer professional with a doctorate degree in electrical engineering. He has held various research, development, and teaching positions, authored numerous technical papers, written four textbooks, and holds four patents. He is best known as the architect of the Intel 8086 (the granddaddy of today’s Pentium processor), which sparked the PC revolution 30 years ago.

Stephen’s sessions will be “One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools,” “One-Step Webpages: A Hodgepodge of Lesser-Known Gems,” “Deep Linking & Deeper Linking: How I Get the Most Out of Existing Search Applications,” and “From DNA to Genetic Genealogy: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.”

The workshop schedule also includes many other session topics including beginning genealogy, strategies for solving Swedish genealogical research problems, getting the most out of Ancestry.com, seven habits of effective genealogy, vital records on the Minnesota frontier, German-Russian resources at the ND State Archives, cracking the code to beginning German research, beginning research in Pommern/Posen; North Dakota vital records, 19^th Century military records, beginning Norwegian genealogy, Norwegian on-line genealogy resources, probate records: a genealogical & family history treasure, reconstructing your family’s small US business: accessible records, beginning youth genealogy, family history center/family search, genealogical software: how do the top programs compare?, British intelligence: smart strategies for tracking down English, Scottish and Welsh ancestors.  In addition the North Dakota State Genealogical Society will hold their regular meeting.

The Family History Workshop runs from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on October 2, 2010, in the Comstock Union on the MSUM campus at 615 14^th Street South in Moorhead. The luncheon program features a special speaker and presentations of family history research awards. An exhibit hall featuring booths for more than twenty organizations and vendors is open throughout most of the day.

The workshop cost of $40 includes four lectures of your choice, the workshop syllabus with all handouts, and morning & afternoon coffee breaks. Noon luncheon is provided at no additional cost for those whose pre-registration and payment are received by September 25, 2010. Walk-in attendees are welcome.  A limited number of luncheon tickets are available for walk-in registrants on a first-come basis.

Youth ages 11-17 may attend the special Beginning Youth Genealogy session, three other sessions of their choice and lunch for $10. Space is limited and on a first come first serve basis.

For more information about the workshop, the presenters, the family history research book contest, and pre-registration materials visit www.heritageed.org or contact Continuing Studies, UPO Box 82, 1104 – 7th Ave. S, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN 56563, or (218) 477-5862.  Check us out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Moorhead-MN/Family-History-Workshop/179596648592. The 35^th Annual Family History Workshop is sponsored by the Heritage Education Commission of MSUM.

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